Depth Of Field (DOF) explored

A set of shots taken using an aperture of F1.8 to create a shallow DOF. I have used various focus points to demonstrate how DOF can be used to draw attention to specific objects/areas. As always comments/Questions are more than welcome.

Quite a difficult shot to expose here given that I wanted the focus on the bridge through the doorway, without underexposing the foreground.



The focus on the very bottom of the frame here seems to create a 'miniture' effect. Often this is also achieved using a tilt-shift lens or by applying blurring to various areas post-processing.




The foreground here has a heavy bokeh (out of focus) this leads the eye straight to the Chair and then onto the textures of the trees.



I took 2 shots from here. The second one I focussed on the third step (upper 3rd of the frame) but I much preferred the level of detail obtained from the one in the bottom 3rd. 



The focus here was on the second step from the bottom but even though an aperture of F1.8 was used the other steps still look pretty much in focus. That is due to them all being relatively the same distance away from where I was standing. Positioning yourself is what often makes the difference with DOF, often, as much or more so than a wide aperture does.